ICE closing massive detention center Trump admin eyed as model after migrants die: report

[cbabe]

https://www.rawstory.com/camp-east-montana/

ICE closing massive detention center Trump admin eyed as model after migrants die: report

Daniel Hampton
March 4, 2026 9:08PM ET

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears poised to shutter a troubled $1.2 billion tent detention facility near El Paso, Texas, that opened just eight months ago, according to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

An ICE memo circulating among staff this week indicated the agency is drafting a termination letter for the sprawling Camp East Montana, operated by Acquisition Logistics LLC.

The facility, once touted as a model for rapid detention expansion, has become a cautionary tale of mismanagement and chaos.

"Once seen as the model for a new breed of makeshift tent encampments the Trump administration planned to rapidly build all over the country in its campaign to detain and deport millions of immigrants, Camp East Montana struggled to provide safe and humane housing for thousands of people," the report said.

Three detainees died there in two months, including a Cuban national whose January death was ruled a homicide. Witnesses claim guards choked Campos during a struggle, though Department of Homeland Security officials dispute the account.

ICE's own inspectors found at least 60 federal standard violations in September, citing failures in medical care, legal access, and safety procedures. Detainees housed in enormous football-field-sized tents alleged beatings by guards and denied medical treatment. A measles outbreak recently forced the facility to close to visitors and attorneys.

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[Norrrm]

1. Noem treated them like her puppy?

Child trafficking pays off handsomely for Trump's friends who run the cages.


Human/Child trafficking for profit ...

Immigrant children describe hunger and cold in detention

https://apnews.com/article/1a8db84a88a940049558b4c450dccc8a

"They were hungry, after being given what they say were frozen sandwiches and smelly food."

For $700 a day?

Human trafficking for profit

Trump called them animals anyway.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/16/trump-immigrants-animals-mexico-democrats-sanctuary-cities/617252002/

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210900475
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10142112079

[democrank]

2. Sickening deprivation

Trump must be proud.

[Scruffy1]

3. Plain and simple corruption.

Acquisition Logistics is just a pass through for Trumps buddies to avoid competitive bidding. This is felony stuff and Trump is the wheel man.

[AZJonnie]

5. Was going to say the same. So, who got paid $1.2 BILLION dollars?!?

That's like freaking new NFL stadium money. For a TENT CITY are you fucking KIDDING ME?!?

And so now, 9 months in, it's shutting down?

So who gets the next billion for the next overpriced shithole? Some company that's 5 people who donated $1M each to some Trump PAC, with a fucking UPS mailbox, and their business papers drawn up in the Caymans?

THE ENTIRE REGIME IS ONE GIANT FUCKING ROBBERY of OUR TAX DOLLARS!!!

WAKE THE FUCK UP AMERICANS (not you guys, I mean everyone else )!!!

[pat_k]

4. American Prospect tracks the ICE reign of terror: 28 killed, 38 injured; & 48 deaths in custody

The conditions in the private immigration prisons in this country has been intolerable since the exponential expansion of those facilities that took place with the formation of DHS. For example, see Tom Barry's 2009 "A Death in Texas: Where profits, poverty, and immigration converge."

The felon's regime has taken the intolerable to an unimaginable level.

WRT the American Prospect tracking. 48 deaths in custody is just the tip of an iceberg. They acknowledge these numbers are underestimates with the following disclaimer:

Our data sets are incomplete and do not show the comprehensive number of people federal agents have killed and injured. News outlets and advocacy groups do not capture every death; governmental data hides certain information and is inconsistent across reporting channels. The Southwest Border Deaths Subject Data for fiscal year 2025, for example, recorded nearly 200 deaths for the period but lacks details about how each person died. We have only listed people when we could verify that an agent was involved in their death. The data set for injuries shows only a fraction of the people agents have hurt and typically only includes injuries that were reported and required medical aid.

Nevertheless, the American Prospect is doing important work and this is a page worth bookmarking. The list includes names, dates, and circumstances. Make sure your fully expand each list by clicking the Read More link at the bottom.

https://prospect.org/2026/01/29/ice-trump-killed-injured-list-dhs-cbp-border-patrol-renee-good-alex-pretti/